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Nine Princes in Amber - review
Oct. 1st, 2008 07:22 pmPutting books into Library Thing is having the ongoing effect of clearing out my bookshelf, as I find I'm cataloguing books that I no longer want ,at about the same rate as I'm buying new books that it recommends to me...
Does anyone want five Amber novels by Roger Zelazny? Going free to a good home...
It's always disappointing when you go back to a book that you enjoyed when you were younger and realise that it hasn't stood the test of time. The idea of walking in shadow between worlds is still a good one, but the characters lack depth and no longer hold my interest. After 112 pages, I realised that I wasn't interested enough to find out what happened in the end, and stopped reading.
A good, modern alternative is Charles Stross's 'Merchant Princes' series. It's a bit militaristic for my taste, but the characters are far better developed than Zelazny's. (and I'll be reading the latest one before very long)
Does anyone want five Amber novels by Roger Zelazny? Going free to a good home...
It's always disappointing when you go back to a book that you enjoyed when you were younger and realise that it hasn't stood the test of time. The idea of walking in shadow between worlds is still a good one, but the characters lack depth and no longer hold my interest. After 112 pages, I realised that I wasn't interested enough to find out what happened in the end, and stopped reading.
A good, modern alternative is Charles Stross's 'Merchant Princes' series. It's a bit militaristic for my taste, but the characters are far better developed than Zelazny's. (and I'll be reading the latest one before very long)
